Shoe-shining chair



Sept. 22, 192-5. 1,5545950 c. BOURDUNIS ,SHOE SHINING CHAIR Filed July 25. 1923 Sh s-Sh et 1 1? I gBaar'dmw's mvrron ATTORNEY Sept. 22, 1925.

-- C. BOURDUNIS SHOE SHININGOHAIR Filed July 25, 1923 2 Shoots-Shoot 2 Patented Sept. .22, 1925. l

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Chairs, ofwhich the followingis a specif fication. y }Thisinvention relates to a .ICllEtlI', and an object of the invention is to provide a chair or stand particularly designed for use in shoe shining parlors, and one which may be 1 manufactured at a relatively low cost and .which will beneat and artistic, in appearance. 7 Another object of this invention is'to provide a chair or stand structure as specified in which the foot rests are normally held in rearward positionxbeneath the seat of the chairso as to permit a patron to easily seat himself in the chair withoutinterference of the foot rests, and which foot rests are adapted to be moved outwardly and held in proper adjusted position after the patron has been properly seated. r

Other objects of the inventionwill appear in the following detailed description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings wherein e Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved shoe shining chair.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the chair. 1 i

3 is a transverse vertical.v section through. a part of the chairstructure taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 isan enlarged fragmentary plan of a part ofthe seat structure. I

Fig. 5 is a detail section taken onthei e he e f the seat structure lfas shown 111. Fig. 2Tof Fig. 6 is a section takenon the line 66 line 55 of F ig'.j2. f

of Fig. 2.

Fig. of the chair structure.

Referring more particularly to the drawin s the im roved chair com rises a ed- 22 a P P P estal-l which is hollow, andhas a supporting" base 2. The upper end of the 'pedestall is open, and receives therein the depending.

7 is a detail section through apart] jconsriiiv'rrnnnouanumsf orcn caeoyrttino sl, ":T

' ture Which includes poststithat are attached y to the seat frame 4 and. tojthebacklhousing) ell1 blh cu h on 1 f anyliappro type mountedin the shell? and is. attached thereto preferably by glOOltS orthe like l i a d e or arm re s 1 am for edion l e Shell .7 1 a d (pr j ct. orwardlyth fr f able posts 111 i-h s h r e ter i end uppq tedty i The pedestal 1 has a bracket stfucture 12 attached thereto. The bracketstructure 12 shown in Figs. 1 and 20f the drawings and supports a housing 13 in which a'drawer 14 erably has grooved rollers 15 carried by its bottom which ride over-guiding rails 16 car into a plurality of compartments adaptedlto is also attached to; the base (2, as clearly I .70 l is slidably mounted. The draWer'Mprefcontain the. brushes, cloths, polish and other 7 material usedfin shining shoes.-

A pair of rods 18 and 19 are dis osed at each side. of the housing 13 and t ey are supported by suitable brackets 20 and 21.

Foot rests 22 are provided, the lowerends of .which are bent transversely and ldownwardly, and carry sleeves 23 which slidably engage over therods 18 and 19' to permit adjustment or sliding movement of the foot rests 22 along the rods. The foot rests 22 havefiexible connectors 24 connected thereto I Y which are in turn connected to spools 25 which' carry coil springs 26. The coil springs 26 are connectedto the spools 25 as shown at 27 so; as to rotate the spools for T winding the flexible connectorsQA thereon to move the foot rest 22 inwardly beneath thedrawings. Whenit is desired to use the V sleeves23 have dogs or ear projections 28 formed thereon which are adapted to be engaged by the bills 29 formed on thexpivoted levers 30. Thelevers 30 are detachably carried bythe brackets 20, and. are urged into engaging position relative to the cars 28 by meansof springs 31. The levers 30: engaging the cars 28 will hold the foot restsl22 outwardly in foot supporting positions and when it is desired to release the foot rests,

or after the patrons shoes have been shined the levers 30' are rocked by the thumbs. of j in the claims liereunto appended. p

' Having thus described my-{inyentioniwhat I v f 1 =QQNSTANTINE BOURDUNl-S.

the )pe1'atoI'v so eas to disengage; the bills 29 andtears 28 which permitsthe spri1igs'26 to Wind upon the spools and move thenfootw"adjacent its lower end, apair of shoe shinrests 22 back to their normalpo'sitions 1 of thechair bottom frame i-jand gztends downwardly and is attached to the upper surface of the housing;13;i'Lf'iit isssfoi de sired a mat 34 of any approvedtype may ,be mounted upon the top of 'the hou'sing 13. It is,-of course,to be-undjerstood that the inuention may be constructed in other manners and the parts associated indifferent re lationsand, therefore;.I don-0t: desire to be p p g 1 for holding said foot-restsiiin extendednposi- I :fJitiOIISLIiBIQJtiVG tQ theipedestal. w

limited inany manner except as 'setforth I claim is p p ,ingstandsslidably carried by said housing,-

An apron 33'is attached to the front side means for urging and releasably retaining -said foot rests/in position adjacent to said pedestal. c

Amshoei' shining chair comprising a pedestal, a-housing carried by said pedestal shoe shin-ingfchair comprising a i :pedestal, alh ousingicar riedf byisaid pedestal 20 V :ing; stands slidablyo carried by; said housing, means forfurgingr. sand: ireleasably sretaining .i:saicl\foot rests in; position adjacent to said rpedestalg andmeans carried by said housing -'In testimony whereof I afiix myisignature. 

